Doug Heffernan
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lol
There's always that one guy who will come to someone's defense just to go against the grain; no matter how unwarranted/undeserving.
That guy is you in this case.
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PixelJunk Eden $0.99 Steam sale huge sucess, made entire income in 8 hours
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lol
There's always that one guy who will come to someone's defense just to go against the grain; no matter how unwarranted/undeserving.
That guy is you in this case.
Urgh, hope that Abrasion guy isn't a Gaffer, what an arsey way to talk to a dev. I got the game quite a while ago and really enjoyed it till I had to leave it for a while and lost track of what I was doing. I'll definitely be playing it and finishing it. I like the sales for things like this where I can have a brief read about it and buy it on a whim, and if I enjoy it, be more active following and purchasing the next games. A lot of my favourite games have been discovered this way. Fantastic news for them either way and congratulations to them. A great way to go into the new year!
desertdroog
Member
Bought because this topic reminded me it was on Steam.
I only played the demo on the PS3 and it didn't click with me then. I'm hoping I can get a fresh look at it on the PC.
I only played the demo on the PS3 and it didn't click with me then. I'm hoping I can get a fresh look at it on the PC.
emiranda061288
Banned
well, they just made a ton of sales, if nothing they know they choose the right price... most people won't ever bother to install that game.
Interfectum
Member
The Q-Games employee is probably just trying to be nice.
jim-jam bongs
Member
He wasn't having a discussion, he was trying to have Q validate his preconceived biases about how $1 games are bad and all games should be on the PS4 or fail financially even though it barely has an install base yet.
CecilRousso
Member
I meant the discussion in this thread.
jim-jam bongs
Member
I just went back and read it. I stand by my assessment.
Press left and right mouse buttons simultaneously. The kb/m control scheme works flawlessly. After a few minutes of accommodation it felt like cheat mode coming from the PS3 version.
A mouse is more precise than a controller, that's not really a surprise lol.
But I'd rather run my left fingers through a cheese grater than to use a keyboard for gaming unless it's a typing game. In my world keyboards are for typing and never for playing games
You can still be a naggy cock to your friends.
I hope you are not actually trying to play the card "I have all these platforms and this makes me very neutral".
Please, don't. Just don't.
Not when you just twitted something like this:
Dam, this is like the pseudo-racism I occasionally get, of "I have other brown friends, so I can say x"
I have a particular grievance with this. A large amount of my purchases revolve around this and sub £3 games. It allows me to try things on a whim based on a few reviews or opinions from friends or gaf or youtube. I'd say 80% of the time, I enjoy the games so much that I pay more for sequels or other projects by those devs as I am excited for those new games. This is also true for a large amount of the music I listen too, from artists via bandcamp/soundcloud who would otherwise not receive much support in their future endeavours.
MikeE21286
Member
made your income? Dylan doesn't do the accounting there obviously lol
A mouse is more precise than a controller, that's not really a surprise lol.
But I'd rather run my left fingers through a cheese grater than to use a keyboard for gaming unless it's a typing game. In my world keyboards are for typing and never for playing games
Absolutely, but I wasn't expecting it to work so well in a swinging simulation game. Hehe
Popup
Member
I think this game ranks as one of my favorite titles in many years. Been constantly gaming since the late 70's and this game manages to conjure up that perfect computer game experience of engaging the imagination to the extent that you feel inside the game, simple goals, simple rewards but feeling great to achieve. The latch on and swing mechanics provide genuine risks to take and often accompanied with heart in the mouth moments along the way and, although the design seems quite simplistic, it manages to make you really want to see that 'next' screen or part of the map. Added to that, a great, hypnotic soundtrack to boot!
Holy crap, listen to me. Sorry!
Holy crap, listen to me. Sorry!
Congratulations on demonstrating you're incapable of reading a thread.
faceless007
Member
Apparently I bought it July last year for $3. Still haven't played it, ha.
charlequin
Banned
I decided recently that $3.75 (aka 75% off a $15 game, lulz) is my exact threshold for this. I bought Spelunky and Guacamelee a second time to play on Vita in this last sale.
I don't see how this could possibly be true on PC, where competition between Steam, Origin, Amazon, GOG, Greenman, etc. has all but guaranteed that every AAA title will get sold for $10 within a year of release and every indie game will be perennially discounted and bundled to a fraction of its launch price. The PC marketplace is doing an excellent job of price discriminating in the most efficient way possible: selling products early to price-insensitive gamers at higher prices, but then capturing people who want to pay a lower price within a short time frame.
I would definitely agree on closed systems; Sony's ecosystem probably has the most effective and elaborate discount program going on right now, and it's still shy of what I'd like to see.
(Dylan here) That tweet was sent before I had finished writing it, so I deleted it when I realised it had sent and re-wrote it. It seems it still shows up on some people's feeds.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
FOR SHAME!
jim-jam bongs
Member
So. Tell us what you REALLY think of Wizzbang.
Incredible.
Twitter doesn't work that way, they are quoting old screencaps at a guess.
Passive aggressive guy e-flexes muscles on internet.
People continue to interpret my intentions incorrectly.
My point regarding that was frustration and disappointment for the Q-Games guys, because selling games like Eden as cheap as $1 is sad because it's so good. It's a compliment to the team, I feel like it's worth significantly more and it's a shame they only get noticed when their stuff is on a firesale.
Am I glad they made heaps of cash? of course I am. I just kinda wish they made even more, I wish people had purchased the game earlier. I have PJM:U and PJ:E on PC purely to support Q-Games. As is obvious in the thread I don't play my PC too often anymore, but I'm happy to support them regardless.
(I also continue to buy mostly those 2 games, because they are the most quirky Q have made, I prefer their quirky stuff to the newer traditional 'game games' like shooter)
of course I've explained this about 19 different damn times across 2 separate threads on the issue but people only ever read the op rather than subsequent followups unfortunately!
Still holding out for more Eden or Monsters, I have no issues with them making sequels to their 2 best games
I suppose if people haven't read our twitter chats over the past couple of years they could misconstrue wizzbang's tweets. He just wanted us to make even more money - which I wish more people would want
The 8 hour flash sale allowed us to finally break even (and then some) on the port of Eden. Most PixelJunk titles take years to break even and we make them not to get rich, but from the love of games. We don't want to find the exact formula to make us rich, we just want to make games that we also enjoy. So far so good.
The 8 hour flash sale allowed us to finally break even (and then some) on the port of Eden. Most PixelJunk titles take years to break even and we make them not to get rich, but from the love of games. We don't want to find the exact formula to make us rich, we just want to make games that we also enjoy. So far so good.
I suppose if people haven't read our twitter chats over the past couple of years they could misconstrue wizzbang's tweets. He just wanted us to make even more money - which I wish more people would want
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Dylan I am stuck with about 52$ US credit left on my PSN account and my PS4 is aching for a game, do you have any idea what I should do about this?
You know damn well what I meant with that comment, the correct response is "well just hold on to it, you never know what might hit the PSN store in the coming year wink wink"